Who got a raise last year?

In all fairness this is something I'll have to research. The Obama Administration has apparently released a statement saying that nobody recieved raises larger than 3% and most of the raises mentioned in the article where you got your information are raises that came with promotions of staff to different jobs. Don't get me wrong though, NONE of these people needed raises even with a change in job responsibilities. They are all well paid and many were filthy rich even before he hired them. I wish he would have done what McCain promised and had people working for a dollar since they are already rich enough that they don't need a salary.

Govermment employment is the largest "welfare" program in the US. This is further evidence of the ruling class elitism of not only the elected officials, but of government employees in general. Is this the beginning of the domestic army Obama said he would build?

It is very obvious that that is how he gets his loyalty(??) and support from his staff. He is bribing them with salary increases, fancy titles (not worth a crap) but supports the pay increase. As far as I know they do not even have to accept Obamacare. However if I am wrong on that point I am sure Obama fans will correct me.

My husband no longer gets raises.. his store can't afford for him to. The employee's salaries come directly out of the store's revenue.. and hubby makes almost as much as his boss does (because he negotiated well when he was promoted and then demoted again). For a few years he was getting a raise of 25 cents an hour.. but now they just cannot afford for him to get a raise unless the store grows dramatically or he moves to a store with more customers. He probably will not move to a new store.. as his current store is 15 minutes from our home (at one point he worked 2 hours from home.. with the same company). However he is always on the look out for a new job with decent hours and better pay. That's tough though.. he currently works 50 hours a week (mandatory and guaranteed) so he gets that 10 hours of overtime. Any other job he gets is typically 40 hours so even if the pay rate is higher.. the pay check won't be because of the loss of overtime.

"Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends." James Bovard. It's sad to say but we just can't trust politicians. Politics isn't transparent. Sure we are told the press is there to control the whole political system and to an extent they successfully do but we can't do anything about dishonest politicians. Yes you can not vote for that party next time or something like that but the other party, no matter what country, is also dishonest.

No job, no money, no Social Security widow's benefit increase. Obama is completely IN touch with his and George Soros' agenda to destroy America and relegate us to his dominion as a third world country, robbing every American of his livelihood, hard earned money, and freedom.

Just another example of the royalty wannabe mentality in Washington.